The provincial government has granted a five-week extension to Northern Pulp as the company works on a plan to build a new kraft paper mill on the province’s southwestern shore.  The government announced the extension, saying the company “has not reached the financial threshold” to support the proposed project in Liverpool.  Northern Pulp has been under creditor protection since June 2020 after it closed its mill in Abercrombie Point, having failed to meet the province’s environmental requirements for a new effluent treatment plant.  In May of last year, a settlement agreement was reached between the government and Northern Pulp’s owner — Paper Excellence in B-C — which has been working on a feasibility study for the new mill.

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U-S President Donald Trump has slapped all countries, including Canada, with 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States.

The president’s executive order went into effect at 12:01 a-m, Eastern.

It essentially removes exceptions from Trump’s 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum, which eventually excluded Canada and other countries from the duties.

The levies come into force hours after the White House confirmed Trump would not follow through on threats to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum after Ontario agreed to pause a surcharge on electricity exports to the U-S.

 

 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’ll be going down to Washington to meet with U-S Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick this week to talk trade.

Ford made the comments today after a call with Lutnick in the wake of threats by U-S President Donald Trump to slap a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum.

The premier had implemented a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity heading to three states.

 

 

Meteorologists and scientists say sweeping cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States will be felt in Atlantic Canada — particularly during hurricane season.

Jim Abraham, a former manager of the Canadian Hurricane Centre, says monitoring and predicting hurricanes has traditionally required extensive collaboration between the U-S agency and experts north of the border.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other workers at the agency have been fired amid sweeping cuts to the U-S public service by the Department of Government Efficiency, which is led by billionaire Elon Musk.

 

 

The Town of New Glasgow is seeking feedback in the development of a new Land Use Bylaw and Municipal Planning Strategy.  It’s doing so through a combination of online and in-person public engagement sessions.  The Town wants to gather feedback from residents in the areas of housing, community building, climate change, business attraction and retention, and transportation and other infrastructure.  A public session is being held Thursday from  6 to 8 p.m. at Glasgow Square Theatre in New Glasgow.  Feedback can also be provided through the Town of New Glasgow’s website.